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"John Shafran"
| Date | 1940 |
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| Location | New York United States |
| Dimensions | Image: 13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in. (34.4 x 26.7 cm) Paper: 14 1/4 x 11 in. (36.2 x 27.9 cm) Mat: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) Framed: 24 11/16 x 20 11/16 in. (62.7 x 52.5 cm) |
| Print medium | Photo-Gelatin silver |
Twenty-nine-year-old John Shafran shot Thomas O'Sullivan, a widowed father of four, while attempting to evade arrest for molesting a girl in Central Park. Shafran obtained the gun during his struggles with three police officers. The homeless Shafran claimed that "his sixth sense told him to shoot the officers since he could not allow himself to be arrested." PM Daily, September 9, 1940 (variant)
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Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993
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Accession No. 2374.1993